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Over a year ago when the top brass at DC Comics announced that they were taking their comics in a new direction, it worried me. Then when I heard that they were doing away with the marriage of Lois Lane and Clark Kent (Superman), I was outraged. This led me to write an opinion piece expressing my displeasure with this retcon. I even went as far as writing an open letter to the person in charge at DC, Dan Didio. Despite my distaste for the new direction of the Superman comics, I gave the new titles a try. My first instinct was correct: the new direction DC Comics took Superman in was not in any way the Superman that I loved to read so I stopped reading the two titles, SUPERMAN and ACTION COMICS. I was still holding out hope that some editorial decisions would be eventually be made to at least have Lois Lane and Clark Kent start dating again.

Last week, a press release was released stating a romance between two heroes in the DC Comics universe was happening, and included was a picture of the said couple.

The Biggest Mistake DC Comics Can Make.

Upon seeing this picture, I grew frustrated at this creative decision. Superman and Wonder Woman are not meant to be lovers!!! Superman’s true love is Lois Lane. Lois is what ties Superman to humanity. As for the direction of Wonder Woman in the new DC Comics, it really does not make sense to me at all. Instead of being formed from clay, Wonder Woman is now the daughter of the Greek God, Zeus.

Today, Geoff Johns’ interview with the Associated Press added insult to injury. Johns was quoted about Lois Lane: “She’s still around, but the two have never dated, nor are they likely to.” This really pisses me off!! How can you just do away with one of the most well-known romances in fiction? Needless to say, I am, for the forseeable future, boycotting the Superman comic books. I can no longer stand the way the writers and editors have ruined all the characters in the Superman legend.

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Thank you for making it easier to cut back what comics I pay for. Due to the decision of making Superman “accessible” to new audiences, you have alienated long-time followers of the Superman comics. When I first heard about “The New 52”, I was skeptical about it but was still willing to give it a chance. Now, thanks to your comments today on the direction of the new Superman comics, there will only be around two or three DC titles I will be reading starting in September.

How dare you take away years of continuity that some of us have been invested in!! You are doing away with the marriage of Lois Lane and Clark Kent just so the new Superman stories will be new reader friendly?! What about the readers that have followed Superman for years? The biggest reason I started reading Superman was because of the engagement of Lois and Clark. I bought two copies of Superman: The Wedding Album when it came out due to the fact I am a Lois and Clark fan.

In your quest to beat Marvel comics, you took the wrong idea from them. When Joe Quesada announced that they were doing away with the Peter Parker/ Mary Jane Watson marriage years ago, I thought DC Comics would never do that when it came to Lois Lane and Clark Kent. Was I ever wrong. Instead of mimicking that from Marvel, what you should have done was create an alternative line like the Ultimate line Marvel has, and I thought that was the idea behind the All-Star line and the Earth One idea. The thing about the Earth One direction was that you guys got greedy and made it a hardcover graphic novel. It would have been better if it was a monthly comic.

In closing, I would like to say good job on alienating some of us loyal fans. I, for one, will not be reading either Action Comics or Superman in September because it’s not Superman. You may put him in a new suit and keep the trademark symbol that the Man of Steel has sported for over 70 years, but it’s not Superman, not the one I knew. Many others feel the same way I do, and are angry over this decision. As a further insult to us, you are not giving us a heartfelt farewell story like “Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel” like DC did for us back in the eighties. So until you address the years of continuity that you are throwing away, I will no longer be reading any new solo adventures of Superman.

Sincerely,

Geraldo Bigstuff

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This is the first piece of news I read this morning. For 21 years, I have been reading comics and one of the reasons I started reading comics, especially Superman, was because DC Comics decided after over 50 years after introducing the Clark Kent/ Lois Lane relationship dynamic it was time for Lois and Clark to get engaged. This interested me because I am a hopeless romantic.

The first Superman comic I read was Action Comics #660; on the cover it had Lex Luthor laying on the floor with the grim reaper sporting Superman’s symbol looming over him and in the center left of the cover it said: THE DEATH OF LUTHOR!. This comic took place immediately after Clark proposed to Lois in Superman #50. At the time, all of us readers thought that Lex Luthor had died in this issue but he faked his own death in a roundabout way. It wasn’t the supposed demise of Lex Luthor though that made me want to read what happened next. For me, it was about what would Lois think when Clark told her he was Superman and how would she react. Everytime I picked up a Superman comic after that issue it was to see what would happen with the engagement of Lois and Clark.

Even though the wedding of Lois Lane and Clark Kent wouldn’t happen for another six years in 1996, it was originally slated for Superman #75 in 1993, which if you remember was the “death” of Superman. The creators of the Superman comics were planning on showing the nuptials of Lois and Clark in this issue but plans changed due to the premiere of ABC’s Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The editors at DC Comics thought it would be too confusing to have Lois and Clark married in the comics when on TV, Lois and Clark were barely an item.

The wedding on both Lois and Clark and in the comics finally happened in the fall of 1996. I was so excited at this development and loved the idea of Lois being in the know when it came to the world of the other heroes like Batman and Wonder Woman. Some of the best stories I have read in the DC Comics line revolve around Lois interacting with other heroes and she knew them personally.

Now with the news from today that DC Comics is starting over in September with the Superman legend and Lois and Clark are not only not married but not even romantically involved I am starting to wonder if it is even worth it to read the “new” Superman comics especially considering that DC Comics is not giving us Lois and Clark fans a good Lois and Clark story in the current continuity before the sweeping changes go into effect in September.

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Just wanted to get few things off my chest that I have found out about so far this week. First of all, The Hangover 2 has pulled in over $200 million worldwide since it was released on Thursday paving the way for The Hangover 3.Why do we need a third Hangover movie?! I have not will not see the first two because I think it’s a waste of film. From what I read about The Hangover 2 it is just about the same as the first movie. Yet it is number 1 at the box office. The demographic that sees these movies must be the same as those who watch reality shows like Jackass.

My next rant is about the news that broke yesterday about DC Comics, publisher of comics such as Superman and Batman, are relaunching 52 titles with issue #1. After weeks of speculation about DC Comics possibly doing this, USA Today reported this story yesterday causing an uproar among die-hard fans of the publisher. Co-publisher of DC Comics, Dan Didio, was quoted as saying, “We really want to inject new life in our characters and line. This was a chance to start, not at the beginning, but at a point where our characters are younger and the stories are being told for today’s audience.” That’s fine but what I do have a problem with is if they are going to restart long-running comics, Action Comics and Detective Comics, which will have 904 and 881 issues respectively come August before the relaunch. Another problem I have with this relaunch is whether it will affect the marriage of Lois Lane and Clark Kent. This is my biggest concern because ever since the wedding of Lois and Clark happened back in 1996, I have loved the fact that these two iconic characters were married. I really hope the minds at DC Comics do not retcon the Lois and Clark marriage like Marvel Comics did with Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, which I think to this day was a big mistake.

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It’s that time of year again. Ladies and gentlemen, the summer movie season is upon us and with that come blockbusters, romantic comedies, and kids movies. Being a movie aficionado, I am very selective about films I will go see in the theatres. Here is the rundown of the films that I am anticipating:

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From DC Comics’ blog, The Source, this new look for Wonder Woman, envisioned by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Jim Lee, debuts in Wonder Woman #600 today along with a new direction for the book. As soon as I have read the comic, I will give my review on the new look and direction. So see you back here in two hours.

Update– After reading the prologue to Straczynski’s Wonder Woman story arc, “Odyssey”, I am curious to see how this change in direction will play out. The story told in the prologue, titled “Culture Shock”, focuses on how the Greek Gods shift reality where Diana never grew up on Paradise Island. Instead of an island paradise, Diana’s home is the urban jungle of what I assume to be New York City. The premise of the story arc shows promise that it will be an interesting story. So, unlike some of my fellow comic book readers, I will give this story a chance to see if it lives up to its promise.